The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-11-17
OUT OF PRISON.
Incidents in Camp Douglass-the Rebels
Start South Again.

among the prisoners, and the spies
often assumed the garb and char
acter of our Pelican friends. One
evening a well-dressed, good look
ing man, uniformed as an artillery
man, came into our barracks and
began cursing the yankees, and
said he intended to make his es-
cape even if he had to shoot some
of the guards, but unfortun ately he
had no pistol. He had tried hard
to get one but could not find it.
He seemed to take a fancy to Deck
Hancock and took him to one aide
to interview him. He begged Dock
for pistol and told him to tell him
where he could get one. Dock said
he had no idea where one could be
had, but that he had an old Bowie
knife he could have as he had no
use for it. The detective went
away and Dock thought no more
of it. On the next day a file of col
diers marched into our quarters and
inquired for Dock, who was in the
kitchen at the time. Some of the
boys ran in and told him to skip, so
they did not get him, as Dock had
Dore sense than to attack two regi
ments of well-armed infantry, a
battery of artillery and the whole
Chicago police force with one Bowie
knife. He sent it to Col. Hough
to ease his cowardly soul. One
day while 10 Hodges suffers store
Andy Noonan of the 10th was buy
ng something when a great burly
yankee walked up and pushed him
rom the counter. This was more
than the brave Celt could stand
and he landed a terrific blow with
ais fist on the jaw of the impudent
5ank which felled him as if he had
been hit with maui. The blood
ran from his mouth and nose and
ne lay there as if dead. Really l
Thought Andy had killed him, and
whispered to him to go into our
regiment and hide, which he did,
and although diligent search was
made for him he could not be found
The yank sitter go long recovered
himself and left, a wiser if not a
better man. These fsticuffs were
oot of unfrequent occurrence. An
other comes to mind just now.
Many of rs who who were at Camp
Douglass will remember Felix Mar
in, brave, noble boy, of Co. B.
who afterwards lost his life 10 the
line of duty. The yanks had a
thick Tipped, knock-kneed son OF
Ham among them, who was
az black as crow in the dark
The aforesaid son of Ham was very
mpudent to the prisoners when the
yankee soldiers were near by to
protect him and of course none OF
Is could resent his insults under tbs
circumstances, and he came to the
conclusion he was at liberty to dc
as be liked. So one day he mel
Felix. VITO had on q coat made o.
dressed coon skins with the h ali
left on, and cap made of a fox
skin with the tail hanging down his
back. The mig made fun of it and
in the course of the conversation hs
called Felix a On liar. Wher
Felix took in the Situation, seeing
none Of the yanks near by,
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and came near stamping the lif'
out of hun. He then ran and put
on his uniform and the change wa;
so complete he was not found out
No man who was never prisoner
knows the ties that existed an,
bound one soldier to another.
cannot leave Camp Douglas with
out paying my respects to Pig
wrist" He was typical, jolly sor
of the Emerald Isle, who had :
small stand in the prison. Hl'
stock consisted of pigs feet, crack
ers, mean cider, half mean whisky
and little navy tobacco. Yor
could hear him any time Of the day
"Oh yis; Oh yis; here's your pig
wrist and a cracker for clint, sne
bejabers for another clint glass o
cider tc wash it down with" Pig
wrist did thriving business unit
the authorities found out that be
was mixing mean whiskey and
mean cider, which produced first
class drunk, and many of the same
were noticeable in both rebs anC
yanks, for it is fact every body
drank whiskey in the army thal
could get it, aud here let me say
that the poor private got but small
share. At least one half of the
whiskey that was issued for medi-
cal purposes was drank by the Off
GERS, and seventies of the one
nalf went down the Threats of the
tiers, commissaries and
and head quarter doctors, and the
sick and wounded suffered thereby
One or two more incidents, and
then goodbye to Camp Douglass
On ore bright Sunday afternoon
four of the Chicago clergy paid us g
visi;, and they were nice, modest
and courteous gentlemen. They
seemed anxious to find minister
among the prisoners and at last
they found him. While in the
3rd quarters of Co. II. of The
they made the inquiry and some
Of the boys of Company H. went in
search Of
| LITTLE TOMMY DAVENPORT,
who at that time was a private SOL
dier land good one who never
fllnched). Tommy was found and
introduced to the gentlemen who
seemed bewildered. Tom did moi
weigh over one hundred pounds and
his prairie like face with here anG
there a solitary whisker to show
that his face was not entirely bar
rem, made him an interesting pic
ture. They opened conversation
with him and found him intelligen
and a ready talker and they were